Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility
Every day, each Dane consumes an average of 3 kilograms of food and fluids, which amounts to a ton each year. Food consumption habits have both health and environmental consequences. In the research group, we study associations between diet, lifestyle and health. The main outcomes we focus on are obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer, both in one generation and across generations in families. Increasingly, we also study the interplay between food consumption, environmental impact, and health.
Research areas
- Applying novel methods to assess associations between diet and health
- Modelled substitution of foods
- Socioeconomic determinants of food and drink habits
- Associations between diet, lifestyle and obesity exposures in one generation, and health outcomes in the next
- Environmentally sustainable foods or dietary habits and health
- The interplay between genetic variation, diet, and health
Recent publications
Publications
Michaud, D. S., Gallo, V., Schlehofer, B., Tjonneland, A. M., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Kaaks, R., Lukanova, A., Boeing, H., Schutze, M., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Kyrozis, A., Sacerdote, C., Agnoli, C., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Mattiello, A. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Reproductive factors and exogenous hormone use in relation to risk of glioma and meningioma in a large European cohort study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 19(10), 2562-9. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0447
Dossus, L., Allen, N., Kaaks, R., Bakken, K., Lund, E., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fournier, A., Chabbert-Buffet, N., Boeing, H., Schütze, M., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Lagiou, P., Palli, D., Krogh, V., Tumino, R. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Reproductive risk factors and endometrial cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 127(2), 442-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25050
Rinaldi, S., Cleveland, R., Norat, T., Biessy, C., Rohrmann, S., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Panico, S., Agnoli, C., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Peeters, P. H. M., van Gils, C. H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B. H., Vrieling, A., Allen, N. E., Roddam, A. ... Kaaks, R. (2010). Serum levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and colorectal cancer risk: results from the EPIC cohort, plus a meta-analysis of prospective studies. International Journal of Cancer, 126(7), 1702-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24927
Roswall, N., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Dragsted, L. O., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2010). Source-specific effects of micronutrients in lung cancer prevention. Lung Cancer, 67(3), 275-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.11.010
Büchner, F. L., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Ros, M. M., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Hansen, L., Tjønneland, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Touillaud, M., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., Zylis, D., Dilis, V., Palli, D., Sieri, S. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Variety in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and the Risk of Lung Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 19(9), 2278-86. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0489
Sieri, S., Krogh, V., Saieva, C., Grobbee, D. E., Bergmann, M., Rohrmann, S., Tjønneland, A., Ferrari, P., Chloptsios, Y., Dilis, V., Jenab, M., Linseisen, J., Wallström, P., Johansson, I., Chirlaque, M. D., Sanchez, M. J., Niravong, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Welch, A. A. ... Slimani, N. (2009). Alcohol consumption patterns, diet and body weight in 10 european countries. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63, S81-S100. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.76
Prime, T. A., Blaikie, F. H., Evans, C., Nadtochiy, S. M., James, A. M., Dahm, C. C., Vitturi, D. A., Patel, R. P., Hiley, C. R., Abakumova, I., Requejo, R., Chouchani, E. T., Hurd, T. R., Garvey, J. F., Taylor, C. T., Brookes, P. S., Smith, R. A. J. & Murphy, M. P. (2009). A mitochondria-targeted S-nitrosothiol modulates respiration, nitrosates thiols, and protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 106(26), 10764-9. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903250106
